ONLY TWO SUPERIOR.
TO GERAIAN TYPES
FRENCH MISSION’S VIEW
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. The French Air Mission found only two types of American military 'planes which" they considered superior to German machines, Mr Henry Morgenthau (Secretary of the Treasury) told the Senate Military Affairs Committee today. He added that the FrencliGovernment was prepared to spend G 0,000,000 dollars if it could get 1000 of the ’planes by July 1. Mr Morgenthau did not say so, but it is presumed that the machines referred to are the Curtis Wright fighter and the Douglas bomlior. The mission was informed that it would be impossible to manufacture the machines in the time stipulated. Dutch naval and military missions are present in Washington buying war equipment for the army and seeking 100 Glenn Martin machines and an undisclosed number of Lockheeds. It is understood that the purchases of both missions total 300 ’planes, a considerable number of anti-aircraft guns and other equipment.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 70, 20 February 1939, Page 7
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